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The eyes of Argus
are upon me, and no
slip will pass unnoticed,
-George Washington
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Volume 76 Bloomington, Illinois 61701, Friday, December 12, 1969 Nu Fla ! 10v/ring i tonHrs SI INNpanther
Two students lowered the
quadrangle flag to half-staff last
Thursday at 12:05 p.m. in me-mory
of Fred Hampton, chair-man
of the Illinois Black Panth-er
Party.
Hampton was killed that same
morning by policemen in his
Chicago apartment.
AT 1:40 three students plac-ing
posters to publicize a speak-out
that afternoon noticed that
the flag had been raised. The
students then proceeded to low-er
it again to half-staff. By then
there were five at the flagpole.
Security Chief John King said
he was called about 1:20 p.m.
by Dean of Women Virginia
Smith, who told him the flag
had been lowered.
PRESIDENT Robert Eckley
said he was informed of the
lowering about 1:30 p.m. by a
couple students.
King went to Eckley's office
to confer with him. King re-ported
he then went to the flag-pole
and asked the people what
they were doing.
They told him that Hampton
had been murdered.
KING SAID the flag had to
go back to the top of the pole
and asked the people to let the
ropes loose. "But they would not
let loose," he said.
The security officer related
that he then returned to Eck-ley's
office where he and Eck-ley
decided King should go back
to the flagpole and ask the peo-ple
individually to release the
rope.
THEY AGAIN refused, he sta-ted.
King said he then received a
call from Bloomington police.
They said Bernard McElvaney,
Bloomington police chief, was
in the vicinity of IWU and had
heard about a fight and trouble
around the flagpole at Wesley-an.
KING ARRANGED to meet
McElvaney at the IWU security
headquarters. King told him
there had been no trouble ex-cept
for the flag being lowered.
The security chief then called
Eckley and related the conver-sation.
King returned to Eckley's of-fice
where the president was
meeting with Dar Fort, coaches
Don Larson and Dennis Bridges
and Dr. Jerry Stone, associate
professor of religion.
WHEN HE ARRIVED, King
said, the group had "already de-cided
no action would be tak-en."
In a Pantagraph story pub-lished
last Friday, Eckley was
quoted as saying, "It is regret-table
that Wesleyan students
took this action without request-ing
permission.
"THERE WAS NO violence,
no destruction of property and
the flag was not desecrated in
any way."
About 4 p.m. some secretar-ies
from Holmes Hall took the
flag all the way down, King re-ported.
There was no trouble.
ACCORDING TO Eckley, Judi-ciary
Committee will review
King's report of the incident.
"There are named students who
refused to follow King's re-quest,"
Eckley said, that may
be referred to JC.
A speak-out was also held in
the Dug Out that afternoon.
King said it probably started
around 3 or 3:30 p.m.
"WE BELIEVE that when a
group on campus requests to
have the flag lowered to half
Security Chief John King confronts students at flag pole last
Thursday. They had lowered the flag to half-staff to honor
Fred Hampton when. King attempted to raise it again.
mast, the Student Welfare and
Human Relations Commission,
representing the Student Body,
has the right to take part in
this decision," stated a proposal
given to President Robert Eck-ley.
The proposal was the out-growth
of a SWHRC meeting
after the flag-lowering inci-dent.
The committee went im-mediately
to Eckley's home
with the proposal.
ECKLEY .AGREED that he
needs a group who is in closer
contact with the situations and
who can be called together very
quickly.
Raymond Ber ge r, Linda
Pilch, Larry Vana, Carl Dixon
and Camille Nicholas compose
the group to review flag-lower-ing
proposals with Eckley.
Now that there is a channel
existing, Eckley said he hopes
to be able to consult with the
students on these matters.
SWHRC ALSO said that if
they feel a request is not/justi-fied,
they will back the presi-dent
in his decision against the
student group.
What is needed is "some de-gree
of mutual understand-ing-
if not trust" was the con-clusion
that seemed to be reach-ed
by most students at an 11
p.m. meeting in the Cartwright
Room.
PAUL BUSHNELL, assistant
professor of history, and Roy
Hankins, senate president, led
the 1/2-hour discussion.
After an explanation of the
facts of the IWU flag incident,
one student asked, "Suppose I
and my friends said that we
wanted it (the flag) up; who
would have been right?"
ANOTHER SAID, "The law
may be inadequate, but when
do we make the rules? What
precedents have we set?" No
consensus was reached.
It was pointed out that al-though
some blacks might not
"respect" the flag, they realized
that this was a symbol that
white people relate to. The flag
was used to honor and show re-spect
for Hampton.
DOUG HARPER pointed out
that the flag ideally symbolizes
the country, not the govern-ment.
"Laws about the flag are
nonsensical," he said. It is up
to the people to do with that
flag as they please in respect
of whatever man they choose
to honor, Harper said.
Alice Coghill explained that
the Black Panthers are trying
to show the black people the
way to correct their situation
when faced with an inadequate
government.
IN CHICAGO there have been
free breakfast programs for chil-dren,
free medical service cen-ters
and freedom schools.
The Black Panthers view
their enemies not as the whites
but rather a very small ruling
class that opposes everybody.
HAMPTON SPOKE at IWU in
October and was known per-nber
13
Dart Hardiman was a leader of
Dug Out Hampton speak out.
sonally by several students.
Hampton's killing was seen by
blacks as part of a series of har-assments
of the Panthers by the
police.
It was admitted that there
was much emotion and little
understanding shown in the
afternoon speak-out. But per-haps
this did at least show that
there is a problem.
Realizing the problem is one
of understanding, a black girl
recommended that we "face
people as people . . . . If you
really give a damn, start prov-ing
it." We should correct the
errors of our parents, she said.
JC studies liquor revision
Due to a recommendation
made by senate Tuesday night,
All-University Judiciary Com-mittee
will consider whether to
submit the proposed revision of
the alcoholic beverage regula-tion
to the cabinet for appro-val,
according to Dean of Stu-dents
Jerry Jensen.
The present proposed revi-sion,
which the committee has
been discussing for the past
several weeks, is as follows:
"1) STUDENTS ACT under
the jurisdiction of the State of
Illinois and local ordinances re-garding
sale, possession, trans-portation,
and consumption of
alcoholic beverages.
"2) The University is opposed
to the use of alcoholic bever
Sort term sentees
check with registrar
Anyone who is planning to be
off campus during short term
should contact the registrar's
office before leaving for va-cation.
This is necessary to enable
the registrar to allocate credit
and to confirm meal ticket re-funds.
ages on the campus.
"THEREFORE, the use or
possession of alcoholic beverage
of any kind in any university
or university-affiliated building,
or on university or university-affiliated
property is prohibit-ed."
The committee's rationale for
the proposal as it now stands
reads:
"IN PARAGRAPH TEN we
wish to affirm the position of
students under the laws of the
state and community."
"Although this is generally
understood to be the case, it
is felt that is should be em-phasized
that students have no
special status under the law and
are responsible to it as citizens
of the community.
"IN PARAGRAPH two and
opposition to the use of alcohol
on the campus is stated.
"The reasoning behind this
opposition is basically concern-ed
with the negative impact of
alcoholic beverages in a group
living s it u a t i o n, structured
around the educational process."
AFTER EARL FRANZ, sen-ate
vice-president and Judici-ary
Committee member, report-ed
on the committee meeting
and read the items above, Kai
Neilsen, senator from Kemp,
made a motion concerning it.
He asked that senate recom-mend
that the committee de-lete
the last paragraph of the
proposal before submitting it to
the cabinet for approval.
FOLLOWING discussion, in-cluding
clarification of the com-mittee's
stand by Jensen, the
motion was passed.
The committee will decide
whether or not to follow the
senate recommendation.
Seniors to view
Balfour materials
Seniors will be able to see
samples of graduation an-nouncements
today (Friday).
A representative of Balfour,
the company commissioned by
senior class officers to sell an-nouncements
and related mater-ials,
will be in the student
lounge from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Orders for announcements
and name cards must be placed
before Christmas. They will be
delivered in the spring.
The~

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The eyes of Argus
are upon me, and no
slip will pass unnoticed,
-George Washington
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
Volume 76 Bloomington, Illinois 61701, Friday, December 12, 1969 Nu Fla ! 10v/ring i tonHrs SI INNpanther
Two students lowered the
quadrangle flag to half-staff last
Thursday at 12:05 p.m. in me-mory
of Fred Hampton, chair-man
of the Illinois Black Panth-er
Party.
Hampton was killed that same
morning by policemen in his
Chicago apartment.
AT 1:40 three students plac-ing
posters to publicize a speak-out
that afternoon noticed that
the flag had been raised. The
students then proceeded to low-er
it again to half-staff. By then
there were five at the flagpole.
Security Chief John King said
he was called about 1:20 p.m.
by Dean of Women Virginia
Smith, who told him the flag
had been lowered.
PRESIDENT Robert Eckley
said he was informed of the
lowering about 1:30 p.m. by a
couple students.
King went to Eckley's office
to confer with him. King re-ported
he then went to the flag-pole
and asked the people what
they were doing.
They told him that Hampton
had been murdered.
KING SAID the flag had to
go back to the top of the pole
and asked the people to let the
ropes loose. "But they would not
let loose," he said.
The security officer related
that he then returned to Eck-ley's
office where he and Eck-ley
decided King should go back
to the flagpole and ask the peo-ple
individually to release the
rope.
THEY AGAIN refused, he sta-ted.
King said he then received a
call from Bloomington police.
They said Bernard McElvaney,
Bloomington police chief, was
in the vicinity of IWU and had
heard about a fight and trouble
around the flagpole at Wesley-an.
KING ARRANGED to meet
McElvaney at the IWU security
headquarters. King told him
there had been no trouble ex-cept
for the flag being lowered.
The security chief then called
Eckley and related the conver-sation.
King returned to Eckley's of-fice
where the president was
meeting with Dar Fort, coaches
Don Larson and Dennis Bridges
and Dr. Jerry Stone, associate
professor of religion.
WHEN HE ARRIVED, King
said, the group had "already de-cided
no action would be tak-en."
In a Pantagraph story pub-lished
last Friday, Eckley was
quoted as saying, "It is regret-table
that Wesleyan students
took this action without request-ing
permission.
"THERE WAS NO violence,
no destruction of property and
the flag was not desecrated in
any way."
About 4 p.m. some secretar-ies
from Holmes Hall took the
flag all the way down, King re-ported.
There was no trouble.
ACCORDING TO Eckley, Judi-ciary
Committee will review
King's report of the incident.
"There are named students who
refused to follow King's re-quest,"
Eckley said, that may
be referred to JC.
A speak-out was also held in
the Dug Out that afternoon.
King said it probably started
around 3 or 3:30 p.m.
"WE BELIEVE that when a
group on campus requests to
have the flag lowered to half
Security Chief John King confronts students at flag pole last
Thursday. They had lowered the flag to half-staff to honor
Fred Hampton when. King attempted to raise it again.
mast, the Student Welfare and
Human Relations Commission,
representing the Student Body,
has the right to take part in
this decision," stated a proposal
given to President Robert Eck-ley.
The proposal was the out-growth
of a SWHRC meeting
after the flag-lowering inci-dent.
The committee went im-mediately
to Eckley's home
with the proposal.
ECKLEY .AGREED that he
needs a group who is in closer
contact with the situations and
who can be called together very
quickly.
Raymond Ber ge r, Linda
Pilch, Larry Vana, Carl Dixon
and Camille Nicholas compose
the group to review flag-lower-ing
proposals with Eckley.
Now that there is a channel
existing, Eckley said he hopes
to be able to consult with the
students on these matters.
SWHRC ALSO said that if
they feel a request is not/justi-fied,
they will back the presi-dent
in his decision against the
student group.
What is needed is "some de-gree
of mutual understand-ing-
if not trust" was the con-clusion
that seemed to be reach-ed
by most students at an 11
p.m. meeting in the Cartwright
Room.
PAUL BUSHNELL, assistant
professor of history, and Roy
Hankins, senate president, led
the 1/2-hour discussion.
After an explanation of the
facts of the IWU flag incident,
one student asked, "Suppose I
and my friends said that we
wanted it (the flag) up; who
would have been right?"
ANOTHER SAID, "The law
may be inadequate, but when
do we make the rules? What
precedents have we set?" No
consensus was reached.
It was pointed out that al-though
some blacks might not
"respect" the flag, they realized
that this was a symbol that
white people relate to. The flag
was used to honor and show re-spect
for Hampton.
DOUG HARPER pointed out
that the flag ideally symbolizes
the country, not the govern-ment.
"Laws about the flag are
nonsensical," he said. It is up
to the people to do with that
flag as they please in respect
of whatever man they choose
to honor, Harper said.
Alice Coghill explained that
the Black Panthers are trying
to show the black people the
way to correct their situation
when faced with an inadequate
government.
IN CHICAGO there have been
free breakfast programs for chil-dren,
free medical service cen-ters
and freedom schools.
The Black Panthers view
their enemies not as the whites
but rather a very small ruling
class that opposes everybody.
HAMPTON SPOKE at IWU in
October and was known per-nber
13
Dart Hardiman was a leader of
Dug Out Hampton speak out.
sonally by several students.
Hampton's killing was seen by
blacks as part of a series of har-assments
of the Panthers by the
police.
It was admitted that there
was much emotion and little
understanding shown in the
afternoon speak-out. But per-haps
this did at least show that
there is a problem.
Realizing the problem is one
of understanding, a black girl
recommended that we "face
people as people . . . . If you
really give a damn, start prov-ing
it." We should correct the
errors of our parents, she said.
JC studies liquor revision
Due to a recommendation
made by senate Tuesday night,
All-University Judiciary Com-mittee
will consider whether to
submit the proposed revision of
the alcoholic beverage regula-tion
to the cabinet for appro-val,
according to Dean of Stu-dents
Jerry Jensen.
The present proposed revi-sion,
which the committee has
been discussing for the past
several weeks, is as follows:
"1) STUDENTS ACT under
the jurisdiction of the State of
Illinois and local ordinances re-garding
sale, possession, trans-portation,
and consumption of
alcoholic beverages.
"2) The University is opposed
to the use of alcoholic bever
Sort term sentees
check with registrar
Anyone who is planning to be
off campus during short term
should contact the registrar's
office before leaving for va-cation.
This is necessary to enable
the registrar to allocate credit
and to confirm meal ticket re-funds.
ages on the campus.
"THEREFORE, the use or
possession of alcoholic beverage
of any kind in any university
or university-affiliated building,
or on university or university-affiliated
property is prohibit-ed."
The committee's rationale for
the proposal as it now stands
reads:
"IN PARAGRAPH TEN we
wish to affirm the position of
students under the laws of the
state and community."
"Although this is generally
understood to be the case, it
is felt that is should be em-phasized
that students have no
special status under the law and
are responsible to it as citizens
of the community.
"IN PARAGRAPH two and
opposition to the use of alcohol
on the campus is stated.
"The reasoning behind this
opposition is basically concern-ed
with the negative impact of
alcoholic beverages in a group
living s it u a t i o n, structured
around the educational process."
AFTER EARL FRANZ, sen-ate
vice-president and Judici-ary
Committee member, report-ed
on the committee meeting
and read the items above, Kai
Neilsen, senator from Kemp,
made a motion concerning it.
He asked that senate recom-mend
that the committee de-lete
the last paragraph of the
proposal before submitting it to
the cabinet for approval.
FOLLOWING discussion, in-cluding
clarification of the com-mittee's
stand by Jensen, the
motion was passed.
The committee will decide
whether or not to follow the
senate recommendation.
Seniors to view
Balfour materials
Seniors will be able to see
samples of graduation an-nouncements
today (Friday).
A representative of Balfour,
the company commissioned by
senior class officers to sell an-nouncements
and related mater-ials,
will be in the student
lounge from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Orders for announcements
and name cards must be placed
before Christmas. They will be
delivered in the spring.
The~